Geography Ques Ans Chapter 9 "INDIA-FLORA and FAUNA"

INDIA-FLORA AND FAUNA

Q1: How do we define forests?

Ans: Part of land which has natural vegetation without any human interference is called forests.

Q2: What is status of Indian land as forest and on world map?

Ans: 23.81% of total geographical land of India is covered by forests. India stands at 10^th position for the most forested country in the world.

Q3: Why plains have only 5% of total forests?

Ans: It is because population lives in plains and there is no forest where human beings live.

Q4: Write annual temperature, rainfall, average height of different trees and location in different types of forests.

Ans:

Forests	Annual Temp (in degree Celsius)	Annual Rainfall	Avg. Height of trees	Types of trees	Location
Tropical evergreen forests	25-27	250 cm	45-60 m	Ebony, rosewood, mahogany	Western slopes, Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, Andaman Nicobar islands
Tropical Deciduous forests	27	100-200 cm	25-60 m	Teak, sandalwood, shisham	MP, Chhattisgarh, chhota Nagpur plateau, Odisha
Thorny or  desert forests	25-30	Less than 75	6-10 m	Acacia, Babul, cacti, palas, khejra, neem	Kuchh, Western Haryana, Maharashtra, Rajasthan
Mountain Forests		150-250 cm	30-50	Pine, Fir, Cedar etc	Uttaranchal, Darjeeling, Sikkim, AP, Kashmir, Himalayan
Tidal or Mangrove Forests			9 m	Sundri, canes, palms	Delta region of Ganga, Mahanadi etc, gulf of kuchchh and part of eastern coastal region

Q5: Why deciduous forests are not considered to be evergreen in spite of having rainfall between100-200 cm?

Ans: Because the trees there shed their leaves for about 6-8 weeks during summer.

Q6: What is one remarkable feature of tidal forests?

Ans: They provide wood for fuel.

Q7: Which act works for the conservation of forests?

Ans: The Forest Conservation Act in 1980

Q8: From which tree do we get the medicine quinine?

Ans: Quinine is the antimalarial drug obtained from the bark of Cinchona tree.

Q9: What is poaching?

Ans: Illegal hunting, killing or capturing of wild animals is called poaching.

Q10: List out various locations for the following animals.

Ans:

Animal	Location
Tiger	Eastern Himalayas foothills, parts of peninsular India
Asiatic Lion	Gir forest of Gujarat
Elephant	Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
One horned Rhinoceros	Assam, West Bengal
Gaur or Indian Bison	Forests of Central India

Q11: Name one animal that is at the verge of extinction.

Ans: One horned Rhinoceros, It is the second largest mammal of India. Its number is deceased and is on the verge of extinction.

Q12: What measures Govt. Of India has taken up to conserve wildlife?

Ans: 1. The govt of India has set up wildlife and bird sanctuaries and national parks to protect animals and birds. We have 89 national parks, 490 wildlife sanctuaries to protect animals and birds.

2. There are various projects to save lives of certain animals such as Project Tiger, Project Elephant etc.

3. First week of October, every year is observed as ‘Wildlife week’ to accelerate the awareness of wildlife conservation among people.

Q13: Show following on map of India
a) Sunderbans b) Ranthambore Natinal park, c) Kanha national park, d) Wild Ass santuary

Q14: Write the methods by which  our forests can be conserved.
Ans: (Write your own thoughts)